by Nathan Valentine, World Red Eye

Miami Beach, FL – December 2, 2013 – To celebrate the opening of Design Miami/ at Art Basel Miami Beach, a group of curators, designers, galleries and VIP guests toasted the occasion at the Grove, the W South Beach’s lush garden. The welcome cocktail party was co-hosted by Craig Robins, as well as Pietro Beccari and in collaboration with Fendi, and included sips of Perrier-Jouet Grand Brut to toast the ninth year of the design fair and its upcoming week of design magic.

Marianne Goebl & Craig Robins

Silvia Venturini Fendi & Craig Robins

Steven Gretenstein, Uzay Ozince, Craig Robins, Carla Navas, Gareth Jones, & Colin Carby

Brandon Grom & Anna Williams

Maria Bukhtoyarova, Alia Al-Senussi, & Marina Kurikhina

Simon Haas, Nikolai Haas, & Djuna Bel

Francois Uguen, Maria Wettergren, & Anni Kotov

Maria Wettergren & Anni Kotov

Kimberley Carson & Hofit Golan

Micol Sabbadini & Remi Barbier

Vanessa & Rodolphe Hill

Benjamin Rollins-Caldwell & Charlotte Filbert

Francois Laffanour

Silvia Venturini-Fendi & Delfina Delettrez-Fendi

Robbie Antonio, Marc Spiegler, & Shohei Shigematsu

Craig Robins & Pietro

Ben Aranda & Pilar Viladas

Philippe Jousse, Pascal Cuisinier, & Florian Liberal

Virginie Mouzat, Jacques Lacoste, Caroline Sarkozy, & Frederique Dedet

Cristiana Monfardini & Lorenzo Fiasche

David Vander Stricht, Caroline Van Hoek, & Alexis Ryngaert 

Till Weber, Connie Huesser, & Juergen Mayer H